Anti-biofilm multi drug-loaded 3D printed hearing aids

Biofilm formation on bone-anchored hearing aids.

OBJECTIVE To investigate microbiological biofilm contamination of retrieved bone-anchored hearing aids. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine failed, retrieved bone-anchored hearing aids and 16 internal screws were examined by scanning electron microscopy. A fixture from a failing implant, which had been removed and disassembled under aseptic conditions, was cultured. Finally, an internal screw from a n...

Comparison of the Anti-Fungal Effect of Electro-Spinning Drug-Loaded Nano-Fibers and Pad Dry Drug-Loaded Fabrics

Varactor Loaded Tunable Printed Pifa

Varactor tuned printed planar inverted-F antennas (PIFA) are investigated. The low-profile printed antennas are fabricated together with the layouts of its DC control circuits and other RF/baseband circuit footprints. A surface mounted (SMT) varactor is applied as a frequency-tuning element at the middle of the long radiating arm in PIFA. Passive lumped DC bias circuits are implemented with goo...

Multi-microphone noise reduction techniques for hearing aids

3D Tune-In: 3D-Games for TUNing and lEarnINg About Hearing Aids

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 644051 Hearing loss and deafness can lead to barriers to inclusion and feelings of isolation, and can result in a more than doubled risk of depression in older people. People with mild hearing loss also have nearly double the chance of developing dementia and this ...